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A Repository of Photographs
Why in news
- The Central Govt intends to create a repository of photographs of criminals in the country
- The Govt has also planned to put a system in place to track missing children and unidentified dead bodies through facial recognition.
More in news
- Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS)
- The bids for AFRS has been invited by NCRB.
- AFRS is a system that can capture face images from CCTV feed and generate alerts if a blacklist match is found.
- Facial recognition system shall be installed in cameras identified by the authority. These cameras identified shall be installed at critical locations finalised by the authority.
- To begin with, a repository of 1.5 crore criminals is being planned.
- The system would also enable handheld mobile with applications to capture a face on the field and get the matching result from the backend server.
- What are the concerns raised
- The repository needs to be protected against(1) Unauthorised access to database or application,(2) Accidental modifications or deletions,(3) Confidentiality,(4) Integrity and availability breaches of data during data transport and physical storage,(5) Encryption/decryption engine.
Source
The Hindu